Sweden rules out support to UK's Brexit renegotiation push

Britain's agreement ON leaving the European Union is non-negotiable, Sweden's EU minister said on Wednesday, underlining the problems UK Prime Minister Theresa May will have extracting concessions from Brussels in the coming weeks. "We have been clear about that for a long time," Hans Dahlgren told Reuters in an interview. "The backstop is a part of the exit agreement so it is clear (renegotiating) that is not on the cards." Britain's May hopes to persuade Brussels to make changes in the Irish backstop policy, which aims to prevent a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, by Feb. 13.